Legging spring



- PATENTED JAN. 19, 1904 ROSENWASSER; .LEGGING SPRING. v APPLICATIONFILED APR. 17, 1908.

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Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS ROSENVVASSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LEGGlNG-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,951, dated January19, 1904.

APPHCMIOII filed April 17, 1903. Serial No. 153,006. (No model.)

To all vl'hnm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS R-osENwAssnR,

residing at New York, in the county of New able others skilled in theart to which it jap pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to legging-springs; and its object is to providean improved legging-spring or means for detachably connecting the flapsof a legging, gaiter, or similar article.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, and the novel features thereof pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l'is a side elevation of a leggingwith the spring members attached thereto in accordance with myinvention, one of the'flaps being thrown back to show the spring membercarried there beneath. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the springs asthey appear when detached and Fig. 3 is a detail perspec tive showingthe separate spring members as they appear when unclasped. Fig. 4illustrates a modification in the form of one of the spring members.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The upper and lower flaps of the legging A may be identified as B and C.Attached to. the flap C by suitable rivets or otherwise is a springmember D, which has a normal curve or tension such that the spring bendsor bows outwardly in the center away from the leg of the wearer. is aspring member E, consisting of a plain flat strip, which is normallyunder tension, so that it is curved or bent in the direction opposite tothe spring member D or toward the leg of the wearer just prior to theclasping of the two members together.

Each end of the spring member D is provided with an aperture F, which isformed in a part H, which is bent upwardly from the main body of thespring member at an angle Similarly attached to the flap B thereto, thematerial of the spring member being then further bent down, as at K, asshown in Fig. 2. The legging is secured-in position by inserting theends of the spring member E into the apertures F in the ends of itsmating spring member, the reverse tension of the two members thencounteracting each other and tending to bring the parts into the desiredstraight position.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a modification in which the aperture F isformed in the part H, bent up from the main body of the spring member.In this case, however, instead of continuing at an angle to the part H,as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a loop or fold is formed having two legs-H andL and interposed between the body D of the spring and the continuation Mat the end.

The general advantages of this invention will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art. It should be especially noted that I provide afastener or clasp which may be used, broadly,

with a great number of articles and which consists of only two parts,thus making it cheap from the manufacturers standpoint, simple, notlikely to get out of order, and easy to handle during the process ofattaching it to the article with which it is to be used or afterward.The opposite curving or bowing of the two members of the clasp or springprovides a spring such that the tendency of one member to buckle or warpout of shape is counteracted by that of the other, and a more easilyattached and durable device is obtained.

Both from the standpoint of the convenience of the wearer and from thestandpoint of the manufacturer desiring to run the legging through amachine or otherwise manipulate it the forming of the main spring memberD in one piece is a distinct advantage.

' Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A means for connecting the flaps of a legging or similar article,comprising a'member adapted to be attached to one flap, said mem- IOO 2.A means for fastening the flaps of legging having apertures therein anda second gings or similar articles, comprising a memspring memberattached to the other flap of her adapted to be attached to one flap,the mathe legging and having its ends shaped to enterial of said memberbeing bent upwardly gage and be held in the apertures of said first I 55 near its ends and provided With apertures in member.

said bent portions, andasecond member adapt- In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature ed to be attached to the other flap provided in thepresence of tWo Witnesses. With parts adapted to enter and be held insaid MORRIS ROSENWASSER. apertures. Witnesses:

I0 3. In combination, a legging, an integral W. H. KENNEDY,

spring member attached. to one flap of the leg- J. B. KNOX.

